Fort Benning blog

With less than two weeks before the comment period ends on an Army assessment calling for nearly 11,000 military and civilian jobs slashed at Fort Benning, post supporters aren’t exactly flooding Fort Sam Houston with letters of support.

When he and nine other Rangers were inducted into the 22nd annual Ranger Hall of Fame at Fort Benning on Wednesday, retired Brig. Gen. Herbert J. Lloyd was thinking about soldiers who paid the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam.

Col. David G. Fivecoat, the lead writer and editor of the field manual, “Tactics in Counterinsurgency,” assumes command of the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade during a Thursday change of command ceremony at Fort Benning.